# The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 S.I. 1992/3280 · made 21 December 1992 · revised to 31 December 2002 These Regulations, together with Part VI of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the Act”), give effect to Council Directive 90/220/EEC (OJ No. L117, 8.5.90, p. 15) on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. Made under: European Communities Act 1972 (repealed) (Section 2); Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Section 156) ## Introductory text This Statutory Instrument has been amended by S.I. 1993/152 which is printed hereinas pages 19 and 20 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of S.I. 1992/3280. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Made 21st December 1992 Laid before Parliament 11th January 1993 Coming into force 1st February 1993 The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, being the Ministers designated for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms, and sections 106(4) and (5), 107(8), 111(1), (4), (5), (7) and (11), 122(1) and (4) and 126(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and the Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 156 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, hereby make the following Regulations:— ## Part I: GENERAL ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Artificial techniques of genetic modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Capacity of organisms for causing harm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: RELEASING ORGANISMS ## 5 Consent to release organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Information to be contained in application for consent to release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Exemptions from regulation 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Advertisement of application for consent to release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 General condition on consents to release organisms In section 112 of the Act (Consents: limitations and conditions) there shall be substituted for paragraph (b) of subsection (5) the following paragraph— “(b) notify the Secretary of State of— (i) any new information which becomes available with regard to any risks there are of damage to the environment being so caused, and (ii) the effects of any releases by him for the assessment of any risks there are of damage to the environment being so caused by such organisms being released or marketed;”. ## Part III: MARKETING ORGANISMS ## 10 Consent to market products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Information to be contained in application for consent to market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Transitional provision for marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: DUTIES AFTER THE MAKING OF APPLICATIONS ## 13 Duty of the applicant after applying for consent (1) In section 111 of the Act (Consents required by certain persons), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsection— “(6A) Where an applicant for consent for releasing or marketing genetically modified organisms becomes aware, before his application is either granted or rejected, of any new information with regard to any risks there are of damage to the environment being caused as a result of the organisms being released or marketed, he shall notify the Secretary of State of that new information forthwith.” (2) In section 118(1)(e) of the Act (Offences), after the words “section 108(5) or (6)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 111(6A)”. ## 14 Duties of the Secretary of State on receiving applications for consent to release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Decisions by the Secretary of State on applications for consent to release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Duties of the Secretary of State in relation to applications for consent to market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: REGISTER OF INFORMATION ## 17 Information to be included in register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Keeping of the register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature Michael Howard Secretary of State for the Environment 18th December 1992 In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 21st December 1992. 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John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 17th December 1992 Hector Monro Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 18th December 1992 ## Schedule 1: APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT TO RELEASE OR MARKET GENETICALLY MODIFIED HIGHER PLANTS ### Part I: GENERAL INFORMATION ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PARENTAL OR RECIPIENT PLANT ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: INFORMATION RELATING TO THE GENETIC MODIFICATION ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: INFORMATION RELATING TO THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: INFORMATION RELATING TO THE SITE OF RELEASE (Applications for consent to release only) ## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VI: INFORMATION RELATING TO THE RELEASE (Applications for consent to release only) ## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 The method by which the genetically modified plants will be released. ## 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VII: INFORMATION ON CONTROL, MONITORING, POST-RELEASE PLANS AND WASTE TREATMENT PLANS(Applications for consent to release only) ## 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VIII: INFORMATION ON THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE RELEASE OF THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS ## 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1A: APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT TO RELEASE OR MARKET ORGANISMS OTHER THAN GENETICALLY MODIFIED HIGHER PLANTS ### Part I: GENERAL INFORMATION ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: INFORMATION RELATING TO THE ORGANISMS ## 3 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Characteristics of the vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Characteristics of the vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Characteristics of the vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Characteristics of the vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Characteristics of the modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Characteristics of the modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Characteristics of the modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Characteristics of the modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Characteristics of the modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: CONDITIONS OF RELEASE ## 33 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 The release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: THE ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT ## 56 Characteristics affecting survival etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Characteristics affecting survival etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Characteristics affecting survival etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Interactions with the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Interactions with the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Interactions with the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Interactions with the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Interactions with the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Interactions with the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Interactions with the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Potential environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: MONITORING, CONTROL WASTE TREATMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS ## 75 Monitoring Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Monitoring Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Monitoring Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Monitoring Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Control of the release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Control of the release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Control of the release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Waste treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Waste treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Waste treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Waste treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Emergency response plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Emergency response plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Emergency response plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Emergency response plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Emergency response plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN AN APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO MARKET GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS ### Part I: GENERAL INFORMATION ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations, together with Part VI of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the Act”), give effect to Council Directive 90/220/EEC (OJ No. L117, 8.5.90, p. 15) on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. Part I of the Regulations makes provision as to interpretation of the Regulations and as to the application of the definitions of “artificial techniques” and “harm” in the Act. Part II of the Regulations makes provision as to the circumstances in which consents for the release of genetically modified organisms to the environment are required, and makes provision as to applications for consents and the conditions on which consents are held. Part III of the Regulations makes provision as to the circumstances in which consents for the marketing of genetically modified organisms are required, and makes provision as to applications for consents to market. Part IV of the Regulations places duties on applicants and the Secretary of State following the making of applications for consents. Part V makes provision as to the registers of information required to be kept by the Secretary of State under section 122 of the Act. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3280 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-regulations-1992 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.